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Orogeny Moderate

Orogeny has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)

2

The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

See Also
mountain orogen folding orocline upward process orogenous zone orogenies
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
geological process
Rhyming Words
xeny deny eeny veny geny heny feeny teeny weeny sheeny greeny queeny deveny sweeny tweeny algeny ingeny lineny semeny doheny
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